Milling cutter



Patented Mar. .15, 1927.

u IT ED r SEBASTIAN J. WELTER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 anms rnonennos. TOOL 00., or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A coaronarroiv or ILLINOIS.

MILLING; CUTTER.

Application filed September 19,1923. Se1ta1 fio.663,554. I

My invention relates to milling cutters and the method of making the same, being more particularlyconcerned with end or channel milling cutters of the inserted tooth type. v

One object of my invention is to provide a milling cutter wherein the original cutting Width may be maintained despite frequent 'res harpeningr v I Another object of my invention is the provision of improved means of securing the inserted teeth of a milling cutter.

A further feature of,my invention is the' way in which I secure the inserted teeth to prevent their radial withdrawal,that' is,

- withdrawal in the plane of the cutterwh'ile ting edges 1 114 and peripheral cutting.

still permitting transverse movement ofthe teeth under heavy pressure. I

' Other objects and advantages of my invention are to be found from the following description and from the appended claims. A specific embodiment of, the cutter of my invention is, shown in .the accompanying drawings, the cutter being shown as it appears after [the-later described offsetting of the teeth has been performed. I

Figure 1 of the drawings is anelevation thereof; 6'

V Figure .2 is a diametrical section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3*is a fragmentary plan section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure his a detailperspective 'of one of the cutter teeth; and p e, Figure 5 is a. 'fragmentar perspective view of one. of the slots into w ich the tooth .of Figure 4 is inserted, showing the walls of the slot as they are after thejcompleted assembly of the cutter. p

The side'mill'ng cutter here shown. comprises a disc-shapedbody or holder 10 pro-;

plurality of transverse peripheral slots12 in which are secured cuttingteeth 13. Each cutting tooth 13 comprises a pair of end cuted e 15. In the lower half of its back face eac cuttin plurality '0 parallel teeth or serrations 16, which extend transversely of the tooth. It .will be noted that the serrations 16 extend partly outwardly from and partly inwardly as from the remaining surface 17 of the back tooth 15 is provided with a' face. "In other words, the plane of the outerhalf 17 of the back face, if extended, would he midway between the lanes formed by the outer edges and by the inner edges. of

the serrations 16. The slots 12 in the body 10,- before assembly of the cutter, are smooth sided and of width suflicient to make a driving fit with the back surface-17 of a tooth.

I prefer to form the teeth froma long strip of steel whereby the serrations 16 and the peripheral cutting edge 15 may be cut longitudinally of the strip. The strips are then severed to the desired width and the 7 end edges 14-14 cut, after which'. the teeth are hardened. The body,10 is turned" from a semi soft steel and need not be hardened. Each face of the body ispreferably provided with a shallow annular groove a distance in from the periphery, thus forming a slightly raised rim portion 18.

' The teeth are pressed into their respective slots in the body in a transverse direction, so that the teeth or corrugations 16 cut mating serrations or teeth 19 in oneside of the slots 12. It is to be observed, however, that because the bottoms of the Serra; tions 16 are set inwardly from the face 17, the mating serrations '19 thus formed are not -pointed teeth After the teeth have been inserted and are in' alignment so thattheir end cutting edges lie in the same planes, the assembled cutter is a ain placed in a powerful press having ra ial Contact lugs which form radial grooves 20 in the slightly enlarged rims18 of the bod This deforming of the portions of the b0 y lying intermediate the teeth results in a slow flow ing'of the metal to make more perfect and forceful'contact of the walls of the slots with their respective teeth. In addition to bring: ing all of the flat Contact surfaces into a more perfect friction, the steel of the body is forced against the tooth serrations 16 to complete the formation of the matingserrations 19 in the form shown in Fig. 5. I

By means of the mating serrations thus formed,.it is impossible for the teeth-to be withdrawn or displaced oiitwardly, but under sufficient force they may be displaced.

laterally, as this movement is in the direction of tlie serrations 16' and 19.; Hence, when it is desired to resharpen the cutter member of the press bein adapted to eng g alt ma ee h 1 Q the cutter a d teeth, the cutter 'is placed in a press, one s W'hile I have shown but this particular embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that departures may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

I claim: 1

1. The method of making a milling cutter and maintaining a uniform cutting width thereon which consists in pressing into trans verse slots on an annular body, teeth having opposed lateral cutting edges and having serrations extending in the direction of said insertion thus cutting mating serrations in the walls of said slots adjacent said serrations, in deforming portions of said body between adjacent slots to press the walls thereof against the respective blades, and in subsequently transversely displacing certain of said blades intheir respective slots offsetting them from the others of said blades t0=compensate for the lessening of the width of the cutter in resharpening.

2. The method of maintaining a predeter mined cutting width for a milling cutter having peripheral teeth carried by a cutter body and held therein against transverse movement under heavy friction, which con sists in permanently maintaining friction between theteeth and body suflicient to preserrations in the walls to but a part of the depth of the tooth serrations and then de-I forming the body between the slots to flow the metal of the body into the tooth serrations tocomplete the formation of mating serrations in the walls of the slots.

4. A milling cutter comprising a metallic head having slots therein, and a cutting f tooth disposed in each slot and held against sliding 'movement by heavy frictional contact with the walls of the slot, a side of each tooth juxtaposing a Wall of its associated slot having transversely extending serrations, the internal metallic structure of the head along said juxtaposing walls being substantially the same as'that produced by having mating serrations in the said wall formed in part without, and in part by, flowing the adjacent metal of the head into the serrations of the tooth.

' In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this'5th dayof September,- 1923.

SEBASTIANJ, WELT RL 

